Navajo Code Talker - Gallup, New Mexico, USA.
N 35° 31.748 W 108° 44.398
12S E 704912 N 3934073
A larger than life bronze sculpture of a 'Navajo Code Talker' stands proudly in front of the Gallup Cultural Center, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMM692
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2014
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A 10 feet tall bronze sculpture, shows a US Marine, in battle dress, talking into a radio. He is one of the famous 'Navajo Code Talkers'
"The story of the famed U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers. Begins with the original pilot group of 29 volunteers, who in 1942 developed and tested the original Navajo Code. Proven fast and accurate, the Marine Corps recruited nearly 400 more Navajos who utilized the code, sending and receiving encrypted messages throughout the Pacific island hopping campaign. The ingenuity of the Navajo Code Talkers baffled Japanese cryptographers and greatly helped in the effort to win the war in the South Pacific. Of the original Code Talkers, about a handful are still living, most in Arizona and New Mexico." Text Source: (
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Text on Code Talker plaque:
"29 Marines prepare to depart during World War II
Navajo Code Talkers
Departure
May 4, 1942"